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Opinion: The rise of ‘Dr. Google’: The risks of self-diagnosis and searching symptoms online

Opinion: The rise of ‘Dr. Google’: The risks of self-diagnosis and searching symptoms online

Searching symptoms online has become so common there is a name for the condition of health anxiety induced by self-diagnosis on the internet: Cyberchondria.
The unique family dynamic: children ‘language brokering’ for their immigrant parents

The unique family dynamic: children ‘language brokering’ for their immigrant parents

When children move to Canada with their parents who don't speak English, they are often required to act as interpreters, both in language and culture.
Artificial intelligence could make our food safer — but at what cost?

Artificial intelligence could make our food safer — but at what cost?

Food recalls can be seriously harmful — or even deadly — to consumers and the economy. But artificial intelligence could change all of that.
An Afghan woman’s struggle to come to Canada

An Afghan woman’s struggle to come to Canada

One year after the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghan woman tells her story of how she got out of Afghanistan and what was left behind
Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Monkeypox is not considered an STI but is spreading among sexual partners. Adding sexual health strategies to the public health response is helpful, but there is a danger of stigmatizing MPXV.
Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

A heat spell is on its way.
B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

Supply of import beer and wine as well as all spirits is in jeopardy for retail shops and restaurants as a workers' strike blocks government distribution warehouses.
B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

146 people in British Columbia died of an overdose in June, new data from the BC Coroners Service shows.
B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning.
Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

In all of Joe Martin’s 68 years of living on the west coast of Vancouver Island, he said he’s only encountered a wolf once.